Cleo and Dora Visit the Cape

The nearby passage of hurricanes Cleo in late August and Dora in early
September 1964 caused an estimated $35,000 worth of damage, but a delay
of only three days. The editor's "Spotlight" in the 3
September edition of the Spaceport News reported the lack of
major damage to NASA facilities and dispensed credit widely - from the
people who drew up the storm plans to the man who laid the last sandbag
in place a few hours before Cleo swept by. That everything went off
without a hitch reflected favorably on the advance planning. "It
was a team that got the job done," the editor wrote. "Everyone
involved directly in securing operations had his work to do, and did it
with the minimum of hubbub."26

The editor singled out "Hurricane" Jones. A KSC engineer with
the Instrumentation Division's acoustic and meteorological section,
bachelor Jones had volunteered to ride out the storm in the huge launch
control center at complex 37, gathering weather data. From 10 a.m. on
Thursday until relief came at 7:30 the next morning, he recorded winds
that peaked at 112.6 kilometers per hour. The reluctant hero admitted
that he had misgivings during his lonely vigil, even though he had
thought the launch control center looked like the safest place in the
vicinity.27